Matthew J. O'Shea

Butcher paper no longer obscures the entry to Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall office. But the federal agents who raided Burke’s lair left him politically weakened. Is that enough, finally, to bring scrutiny to the $100 million per year city workers’ compensation system that Burke monolithically controls?

Some Progressive Caucus aldermen see in Burke’s predicament a chance to strip him of that authority and hand the program to the city’s corporation counsel. If this gambit sounds familiar, you’re recalling one of the City Council’s many days of infamy: Feb. 10, 2016. The question is whether aldermen who didn’t find the courage to rein in Burke nearly three years ago will find it...

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